Molecular Biology: Open Access

Golijow CD

Publications

• Research Article
  Type-Specific HPV Concordance in a Group of Stable Sexual Partners from Bogota, Colombia
  Author(s): Vargas H, Betancourt J, Sierra Y, Gómez S, Díaz L, Sánchez J and Golijow CDVargas H, Betancourt J, Sierra Y, Gómez S, Díaz L, Sánchez J and Golijow CD
  
  Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most important sexually transmitted infections (STIs) worldwide. However, little information is currently available about the patterns of infection among sexual partners. Therefore, the objective of this study was to characterize type-specific HPV genital infection positivity and concordance in a group of 25 male sexual partners of 25 women with cervical intraepithelial lesions. Overall, 56% of men and 80% of women were positive for at least one HPV type. The prevalent high risk viral type in both men and women was HPV-16, with frequencies of 21.4% and 25%, respectively. On the other hand, the correlation of infection among partners was 40% for HPV positivity and 28% for type-specific HPV concordance. These results confirm the high positivity of HPV infection in both women and men reported in the literature, and the existence of a type-specific.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2168-9547.1000170

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